Benjamin CRANSTON, III

Male 1727 - Aft 1778  (> 52 years)

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  • Name Benjamin CRANSTON 
    Suffix III 
    Birth 18 Jan 1726/27  Warren, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 1778  [2] 
    Person ID I16540  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Benjamin CRANSTON, II,   b. 27 Feb 1706/07, Newport, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1774 (Age < 66 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth ESTABROOK,   b. Nov 1703 
    Marriage 5 Mar 1728/29  [1] 
    Family ID F06402  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah BOWEN,   b. Apr 1731, Swansea, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1771, Warren, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage 19 Feb 1748/49  Warren, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Caleb Cranston,   b. 12 Feb 1749/50, Warren, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Benjamin Cranston, IV,   b. 7 Feb 1754, Warren, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Sarah Cranston,   b. 8 Sep 1755, Warren, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Elizabeth Cranston,   b. 2 Jul 1757, Warren, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Phebe Cranston,   b. 21 Mar 1762, Warren, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. William Cranston,   b. 1 Feb 1764, Warren, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Stephen CRANSTON,   b. 1767, Warren, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Sep 1792, In narrows off Bristol, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)
     8. Peleg Cranston,   b. 2 Mar 1770, Warren, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Ann Cranston,   b. 15 Jul 1771, Warren, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1771, Warren, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F06400  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family 2 Keziah Unknown   d. Aft 1783 
    Marriage Between 1771 and 1777 
    Children 
     1. Harte Cranston,   b. 3 May 1778, Warren, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F05132  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • Notes exerpted from "Descendants of Gov. John Cranston of Rhode Island," p. 296 (published in Genealogies of RI Families, Vol. I):
      "In 1759 Benjamin Cranston was second lieutenant on the sloop Roby, a privateer; his name is in the census of 1774; and he was one of those on the Colonial ship General Stark, which was lost on the coast of Maine in the Revolutionary War."

  • Sources 
    1. [S013226] Descendants of Gov. John Cranston of RI; Genealogies of RI Families, Vol. 1, 287.

    2. [S013226] Descendants of Gov. John Cranston of RI; Genealogies of RI Families, Vol. 1, 296.